Govt to penalise people with genetic defects

24 January 2013 11 February 2018

The government’s Bill to prevent discrimination is introducing new discrimination into how people with genetic defects are treated. Either inadvertently or deliberately, the government has omitted a key clause which was in the old Act. If it remains out of the new bill, the outcome could limit people’s life insurance and superannuation, CLA warns.

The Tasmanian AG has instantly rejected the CLA Australia Day call for an inquiry into the state’s legal system in 2020-2021. 'Nothing to see here, the system's perfect,’ she suggests. See CLA AUST DAY LETTER